• boredsquirrel@tux.socialOP
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    20 days ago

    @NewNewAugustEast

    You misunderstood me. Focus doesnt have addon support. And as a separate browser it very likely has a unique fingerprint.

    You can set #Ironfox to use private browsing always. I suppose that is the appeal with FF Focus and the result is a better browser. And Ironfox has support for FF Sync and has extensive privacy and security improvements, unlike the bit that may have been addes to Focus.

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      20 days ago

      I know it doesn’t have add on support. That is a very good thing. I don’t want it to.

      Yes, it has a finger print. I am agreeing on that point. It should be fixed, firefox android has anti finger printing, and I don’t understand why they dont add that to firefox focus.

      Again, I use focus for 90% of browsing on mobile by default. I use a different browser for when I want to go to sites I actually care about and use, where I want additional ad block, sync, etc.

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        19 days ago

        @NewNewAugustEast

        You can just… not install addons… or only install trusted ones, from a trusted store, like uBlock Origin.

        “It has a fingerprint” makes no sense. Please look up what that even means. Everything has a fingerprint.

        Focus is just Firefox Android in worse with a minimalist UI and always private-browsing mode. You can literally do this in Ironfox, and much more.

        screenshot of Ironfox browser settings showing a toggle for "always use private browsing mode", among others like which referrers are sent and if cache is written to disk.